Best of the 2023-2024 season

BEST ALBUM
Aziza Brahim · Mawja · Glitterbeat

BEST LABEL
Glitterbeat Records

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
Aziza Brahim · Mawja · Glitterbeat

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC
Batsükh Dorj · Ögbelerim: Music for My Ancestors · Buda Musique

BEST OF EUROPE
Lina · Fado Camões · Galileo Music Communication

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Luzmila Carpio · Inti Watana / El Retorno del Sol · ZZK

BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Idrissa Soumaoro · Diré · Mieruba

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Shakti · This Moment · Abstract Logix

BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Lost In Tajikistan · Riverboat / World Music Network

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Ana Carla Maza · Caribe · Persona Editorial

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1. Aziza Brahim · Mawja · Glitterbeat
2. Batsükh Dorj · Ögbelerim: Music for My Ancestors · Buda Musique
3. Lina · Fado Camões · Galileo Music Communication
4. Luzmila Carpio · Inti Watana / El Retorno del Sol · ZZK
5. Idrissa Soumaoro · Diré · Mieruba
6. Bixiga 70 · Vapor · Glitterbeat
7. Mari Kalkun · Stoonia Lood / Stories of Stonia · Real World
8. Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Keyeyî · Mapamundi Música
9. Aynur · Rabe · Dreyer Gaido
10. Shakti · This Moment · Abstract Logix

11. Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain · Double You · Bendigedig
12. Koum Tara · Baraaim El-Louz · Odradek
13. Bombino · Sahel · Partisan
14. Dudu Tassa & Jonny Greenwood · Jarak Qaribak · World Circuit
15. Maria Mazzotta · Onde · Zero Nove Nove
16. Bab L’ Bluz · Swaken · Real World
17. Sahra Halgan · Hiddo Dhawr · Danaya Music
18. V.A. · Lost In Tajikistan · Riverboat / World Music Network
19. Mokoomba · Tusona: Tracings in The Sand · Outhere
20. Sam Lee · Songdreaming · Cooking Vinyl

21. Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft · Amame · By Norse Music
22. Aga Khan Master Musicians · Nowruz · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
23. The Zawose Queens · Maisha · Real World
24. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté · The Sky Is The Same Colour Everywhere · Real World
25. Leon Keïta · Leon Keïta · Analog Africa
26. Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin · Ya Mizolé · Jarring Effects
27. Ary Lobo · Ary Lobo 1958-1966 · Analog Africa
28. Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou · L’Bnat · Ajabu!
29. Bassekou Kouyate & Amy Sacko · Djudjon, l’Oiseau de Garana · One World
30. V.A. · Congo Funk! Sound Madness from the Shores of the Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa / Brazzaville 1969-1982) · Analog Africa

31. Tinariwen · Amatssou · Wedge
32. Ana Carla Maza · Caribe · Persona Editorial
33. Tarek Abdallah & Adel Shams El Din · Ousoul · Buda Musique
34. Ana Lua Caiano · Vou Ficar Neste Quadrado · Glitterbeat
35. Yungchen Lhamo · One Drop Of Kindness · Real World
36. Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas · The Soul of Epirus Vol. II · Artway / Technotropon
37. Ayfer Düzdaş · Kilomên Arxawûnê · Ayfer Düzdaş
38. Huun-Huur-Tu, Carmen Rizzo & Dhani Harrison · Dreamers in the Field · Dark Horse / BMG
39. Kiran Ahluwalia · Comfort Food · Six Degrees

40. Les Amazones d’Afrique · Musow Dance · Real World
41. Mama Sissoko · Live · Mieruba
42. Nancy Vieira · Gente · Galileo Music Communication
43. Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio · Intizar · Just Listen
44. Olcay Bayir · Tu Gulî · ARC Music
45. Almir Mešković & Daniel Lazar · Family beyond blood · ALDA
46. Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars · Chronika · Borscht Beat
47. Natascha Rogers · Onaida · Nø Førmat!
48. Hysterrae · Hysterrae · Linfa
49. Mo’ Horizons · Mango · Agogo
50. Jembaa Groove · Ye Ankasa | We Ourselves · Agogo

51. Otava Yo · Loud and Clear · ARC Music
52. Emilia Lajunen · Vainaan Perua: Satavuotinen Sakka · Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup
53. Matthieu Saglio · Voices · ACT
54. Miranda · Uma Mulher na Cidade · Jaro Medien
55. Genticorum · Au Coeur de l’Aube · Genticorum
56. Quintet Bumbac · Héritages · Collectif Çok Malko
57. Yīn Yīn · Mount Matsu · Glitterbeat
58. Dobet Gnahoré · Zouzou · Cumbancha
59. La Sève · Chlorophylle · King Tao
60. Gao Hong & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde · Alondra · ARC Music

61. Yamandu Costa & Domingo El Colorao · De Vida y Vuelta · Bagual Produções
62. Lenhart Tapes · Dens · Glitterbeat
63. Bokanté · History · Real World
64. Omiri · Ribatejo e Estremadura vol.II: Abrantes e Alcobaça · Repasseado
65. Santrofi feat. Omniversal Earkestra · Deep into Highlife: Live in Berlin · Outhere
66. Wilson das Neves · Senzala e Favela · FundiSom
67. Times New Román · Jól Élünk · Times New Román
68. L’Attirail · Honorables Correspondants · CSB Productions
69. Casapalma · Montañesas · Raso Estudio
70. Marjan Vahdat · The Eagle of My Heart · Kirkelig Kulturverksted

71. Avalanche Kaito · Talitakum · Glitterbeat
72. Okan · Okantomi · LulaWorld
73. Maliheh Moradi & Ehsan Matoori · Our Sorrow · ARC Music
74. Carola Ortiz · Cantareras · Segell Microscopi
75. Chango Spasiuk · Eiké! (Entrar en el alma) · Chango Spasiuk
76. Amsterdam Klezmer Band · Bomba Pop · Vetnasj
77. Okavango African Orchestra · Migration · Okavango African Orchestra
78. Sidiki Camara · Return to the Traditions · Global Sonics
79. Bantu · What Is Your Breaking Point? · Soledad Productions
80. Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit

81. Cara de Espelho · Cara de Espelho · Locomotiva Azul
82. Saîdê Goyî · Jinê · Saîdê Goyî
83. Halva · Musafir · Zephyrus
84. Eskorzo · Historias de Amor y Otras Mierdas · Calaverita / Maracuyeah!
85. Suzumeno Tears · Sparrow’s Arrows Fly so High · Doyasa!
86. Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma, Del Sol Quartet · The Resonance Between · AMMP
87. Oghlan Bakhshi · Journey across the Steppes · Felmay
88. Kavita Shah · Cape Verdean Blues · Folkalist
89. Besh o droM · Hova lesz a séta? · Fonó
90. Tarwa N-Tiniri · Akal · Atty

91. Céu · Novela · Urban Jungle / ONErpm
92. Shono · Kolkhozoy Traktor · CPL-Music / CPL-Musicgroup
93. Ëda Diaz · Suave Bruta · Airfono
94. Ann O’aro · Bleu · Buda Musique
95. Abdo Buda Marconi · Oltremura · Felmay
96. Newen Afrobeat · Grietas · Lichens Family
97. Sangit · Ooroo · Riverboat / World Music Network
98. Sutari · #kołysankidlaświata · Audio Cave
99. Lass · Passeport · Chapter Two
100. Bilja Krstić & Bistrik Orchestra · Biljur · Jugoton Croatia


BEST 20 LABELS

1. Glitterbeat Records
2. Real World Records
3. Buda Musique
4. CPL-Musicgroup
5. ARC Music
6. Analog Africa
7. Galileo Music Communication
8. Mieruba
9. World Music Network
10. ZZK Records

11. World Circuit
12. Zero Nove Nove
13. One World Records
14. Outhere Records
15. Mapamundi Música
16. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
17. Abstract Logix
18. Ajabu!
19. Segell Microscopi
20. Dreyer Gaido

Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)

Members: Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Tatiana Naryshkina (RU), Andrii Polianskyi (UA), Martin Webb (UK), Stanley Gazemba (KE), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP)

Notes:

  • The regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.
  • “Best of the Season” TWMC albums and labels are determined taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year.

Best of the 2022-2023 season

BEST ALBUM
Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit

BEST LABEL
Glitterbeat Records

BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
Souad Massi · Sequana · Backingtrack Production

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Al-Qasar · Who Are We? · Glitterbeat

BEST OF EUROPE
Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Lady Sings the Balkan Blues · Snail

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Lucas Santtana · O Paraíso · Nø Førmat!

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Wesli · Tradisyon · Cumbancha

BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and The Gambia · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC
Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia · Saath Saath · Purbayan Chatterjee / Believe

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1. Ali Farka Touré · Voyageur · World Circuit
2. Souad Massi · Sequana · Backingtrack Production
3. Gaye Su Akyol · Anadolu Ejderi · Glitterbeat
4. Al-Qasar · Who Are We? · Glitterbeat
5. Antonis Antoniou · Throisma · Ajabu!
6. Mostar Sevdah Reunion · Lady Sings the Balkan Blues · Snail
7. Kayhan Kalhor and Toumani Diabaté · The Sky Is the Same Colour Everywhere · Real World
8. Angelique Kidjo & Ibrahim Maalouf · Queen of Sheba · Mister Ibé
9. Constantinople, Kiya Tabassian & Ghalia Benali · In the Footsteps of Rumi · Glossa
10. Kimi Djabaté · Dindin · Cumbancha

11. Lucas Santtana · O Paraíso · Nø Førmat!
12. Maya Youssef · Finding Home · Seven Gates
13. Wesli · Tradisyon · Cumbancha
14. Dur-Dur Band Int. · The Berlin Session · Outhere
15. Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin · Ali · Dead Oceans
16. Taraf Syriana · Taraf Syriana · Lulaworld
17. Liraz · Roya · Glitterbeat
18. King Ayisoba · Work Hard · Glitterbeat
19. Fatoumata Diawara · London Ko · 3ème Bureau / Wagram Music
20. Vieux Farka Touré · Les Racines · World Circuit / BMG

21. Baaba Maal · Being · Marathon Artists
22. Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş
23. Baul Meets Saz · Banjara · Uren Production
24. Cimarrón · La Recia · Cimarrón Music
25. Mara Aranda · Sefarad en el Corazón de Grecia · Mara Aranda
26. Meral Polat Trio · Ez Kî Me · Meral Polat / AudioMaze
27. Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG
28. Damir Imamović · The World and All That It Holds · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
29. Eliades Ochoa · Vamos a Bailar un Son (Special Edition) · World Circuit / BMG
30. BKO · Djine Bora · Les Disques Bongo Joe

31. Okra Playground · Itku · Nordic Notes
32. Altın Gün · Aşk · Glitterbeat
33. Eneida Marta · Family · Azziz Music
34. V.A. · Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and The Gambia · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
35. Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia · Saath Saath · Purbayan Chatterjee / Believe
36. Moonlight Benjamin · Wayo · Ma Case
37. VRï · Islais a Genir · Bendigedig
38. Sona Jobarteh · Badinyaa Kumoo · African Guild
39. Driss El Maloumi · Aswat · Contre-Jour / Zig Zag World
40. Bassidi Koné · Kaïra · Remote / Studio Mali

41. Omara Portuondo · Vida · One World
42. Majid Bekkas · Joudour · Igloo
43. Minyeshu · Netsa · ARC Music
44. Solju · Uvjamuohta / Powder Snow · Bafe’s Factory
45. Acid Arab · Trois · Crammed Discs
46. Lass · Bumayé · Chapter Two / Wagram Music
47. Gao Hong & Kadialy Kouyate · Terri Kunda · ARC Music
48. Adédèjì · Yoruba Odyssey · One World
49. Mahsa Vahdat & Skruk · Braids of Innocence · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
50. Madalitso Band · Musakayike · Les Disques Bongo Joe

51. Debashish Bhattacharya · The Sound of the Soul · Abstract Logix
52. Hiram Salsano · Bucolica · Hiram Salsano
53. Payadora Tango Ensemble · Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango · Six Degrees
54. Blick Bassy · Madiba · InFiné
55. Aziz Sahmaoui & Eric Longsworth · Il Fera Beau Demain Matin Jusqu’à Midi · Passé Minuit en Accords
56. Naïssam Jalal · Healing Rituals · Les Couleurs Du Son
57. Denez · Ur Mor a Zaeloù · Arsenal Productions
58. Houria Aïchi · Chants Courtois de l’Aurès · Accords Croisés
59. Inna Baba Coulibaly · Djilly Kawral · Remote / Studio Mali
60. V.A. · Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1972-1986 · Analog Africa

61. Bokanté · History · Real World
62. Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek · Dost 2 · Les Disques Bongo Joe
63. Päivi Hirvonen · Kallio · Nordic Notes
64. Jake Blount · The New Faith · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
65. Seckou Keita with BBC Concert Orchestra · African Rhapsodies: A Work for Kora and Symphonic Orchestra · Claves
66. Leyla McCalla · Breaking the Thermometer · Anti-
67. Sissoko, Segal, Parisien, Peirani · Les Égarés · Nø Førmat
68. Jawa · Last Breaths from Aleppo · Muziekpublique
69. Kala Jula & Gangbé Brass Band feat. Fama Diabaté · Asro · Buda Musique
70. Fanfara Station · Boussadia · Garrincha Gogo

71. Tinariwen · Amatssou · Wedge
72. Dawda Jobarteh · Do You Know A Place Called Flekkeroy? · Ajabu!
73. Angeline Morrison · The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience · Topic
74. Retimbrar · Levantar do Chão · Revolução d’Alegria
75. Bantu · What Is Your Breaking Point? · Soledad Productions
76. Yanna Momina · Afar Ways · Glitterbeat
77. Dimitris Mystakidis · Morso · Fishbowl Music Tank
78. Rachele Andrioli · Leuca · Finisterre
79. Lamia Yared & Ensemble Oraciones · Ottoman Splendours / Lumières Ottomanes · Analekta
80. Plena Libre · Cuatro Esquinas · GN Música

81. Al Bilali Soudan · Babi · Clermont Music
82. Ernesto Djédjé · Roi du Ziglibithy · Analog Africa
83. Momi Maiga · Nio · Segell Microscopi
84. Eliades Ochoa · Guajira · World Circuit
85. La Marisoul and Los Texmaniacs · Corazones and Canciones · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
86. Simon Shaheen · The Music of Mohamed Abdel Wahab · Zehra
87. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita · Echo · Bendigedig
88. Saîdê Goyî · Jinê · Saîdê Goyî
89. Frigg · Perintö / Heritage · Bafe’s Factory
90. Tanxugueiras · Diluvio · Calaverita

91. Brìghde Chaimbeul · Carry Them with Us · Tak:til / Glitterbeat
92. Master Musicians of Jajouka, Led by Bachir Attar · Dancing Under the Moon · Glitterbeat
93. Mario Lucio · Migrants · Banzé / MDC
94. Amir Hayat · Garden of Flowers: Music of Hunza People, Pakistan · Antonovka
95. Damir Guagov & Asker Sapiev · Adyge Oredyzhkher: Adyg / Circassian Music · Antonovka
96. Mircan Kaya · Ağıtlar / Lamentations · UCM Productions
97. Ngulmiya · Ngulmiya · Bapa Gajah
98. Oriental Brothers International Band · Oku Ngwo Di Ochi · Palenque
99. Montparnasse Musique · Archeology · Real World
100. Karkum Project · Aljama · Karkum Project

BEST 20 LABELS

1. Glitterbeat Records
2. World Circuit
3. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
4. Real World Records
5. CPL-Musicgroup
6. Les Disques Bongo Joe
7. Cumbancha
8. Ajabu!
9. ARC Music
10. Wagram Music

11. BackingTrack Production
12. Nø Førmat!
13. Analog Africa
14. Snail Records
15. Buda Musique
16. Mister Ibé
17. AudioMaze
18. One World Records
19. Glossa
20. Lulaworld Records

Founder members and administrators: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES)

Current active members: Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Magda Tejchma (PL), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE)

Notes:

  • The regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.
  • “Best of the Season” TWMC albums and labels are determined taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year.

Best of the 2021-2022 Season

BEST ALBUM
Susana Baca · Palabras Urgentes · Real World

BEST LABEL
ARC Music

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Susana Baca
· Palabras Urgentes · Real World

BEST OF EUROPE
Vigüela
· A la Manera Artesana · ARC Music

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita
· Suba · Bendigedig

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
Monsieur Doumani
· Pissourin · Glitterbeat

BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC
Khöömei Beat
· Changys Baglaash · ARC Music

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
V.A. · Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo · Petaluma

BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo · Petaluma

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1. Susana Baca · Palabras Urgentes · Real World
2. Vigüela · A la Manera Artesana · ARC Music
3. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita · Suba · Bendigedig
4. Monsieur Doumani · Pissourin · Glitterbeat
5. Oumou Sangaré · Timbuktu · World Circuit / BMG
6. De Kaboul à Bamako · Sowal Diabi · Accords Croisés
7. Bonga · Kintal da Banda · Lusafrica
8. Khöömei Beat · Changys Baglaash · ARC Music
9. Justin Adams & Mauro Durante · Still Moving · Ponderosa Music
10. Rokia Koné & Jacknife Lee · Bamanan · Real World

11. Divanhana · Zavrzlama · CPL-Music
12. Marjan Vahdat · Our Garden Is Alone · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
13. Petrona Martínez · Ancestras · Chaco World Music
14. África Negra · Antologia Vol. 1 · Les Disques Bongo Joe
15. Fanfare Ciocărlia · It Wasn’t Hard to Love You · Asphalt Tango
16. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) · Meridiana · Ponderosa Music
17. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita · Echo · Bendigedig
18. Shujaat Husain Khan, Katayoun Goudarzi, Shaho Andalibi & Shariq Mustafa · This Pale · Lycopod
19. Park Jiha · The Gleam · Tak:til / Glitterbeat
20. V.A. · Changüí: The Sound of Guantánamo · Petaluma

21. Small Island Big Song · Our Island · Small Island Big Song
22. El Khat · Albat Alawi Op. 99 · Glitterbeat
23. Mamak Khadem · Remembrance · Six Degrees
24. Stelios Petrakis Quartet · Spondi · Artway Technotropon / Molpe Music
25. Kobo Town · Carnival of the Ghosts · Stonetree
26. Gonora Sounds · Hard Times Never Kill · The Vital Record / Dust-to-Digital
27. Yungchen Lhamo · Awakening · Tibet Arts Management / Six Degrees
28. Cimarrón · La Recia · Cimarrón Music
29. Youssou N’Dour · Mbalax · Universal Music Africa
30. Riccardo Tesi, Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi, Alessio Lega, Nando Citarella, Maurizio Geri, Gigi Biolcati, Claudio Carboni · A Sud di Bella Ciao · Visage Music

31. Vieux Farka Touré · Les Racines · World Circuit / BMG
32. Xanthoula Dakovanou · Lamenta · Quart de Lune
33. Mitsune · Hazama · Mitsune
34. Rachel Magoola · Resilience: Songs of Uganda · ARC Music
35. Namgar · Nayan Navaa · ARC Music
36. Ballaké Sissoko · A Touma · Nø Førmat
37. Eva Quartet · Minka · Riverboat / World Music Network
38. Noori & His Dorpa Band · Beja Power!: Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan’s Red Sea Coast · Ostinato
39. Karolina Cicha & Spółka · Karaimska Mapa Muzyczna · Związek Karaimów Polskich
40. Oki · Tonkori in the Moonlight (1996-2006) · Mais Um

41. Perrate · Tres Golpes · Lovemonk
42. Orquestra Afrosinfônica · Orin, a Língua dos Anjos · Máquina de Louco
43. Baba Sissoko with Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Madou Sidiki Diabate, Lansiné Kouyaté · Griot Jazz · Caligola
44. Monoswezi · Shanu · Riverboat / World Music Network
45. Puuluup · Viimane Suusataja · Õunaviks
46. Le Vent du Nord · 20 Printemps · La Compagnie du Nord
47. Guy Buttery, Mohd. Amjad Khan & Mudassir Khan · One Morning in Gurgaon · Riverboat / World Music Network
48. Angelique Kidjo · Mother Nature · Decca
49. Cumbia 20 de Enero & Leyendas Cañamilleras del Caribe · La Caña de Millo: Voz Histórica y Silenciada de la Cumbia · Chaco World Music
50. Ogún Afrobeat · Unite · Ogún Afrobeat

51. Hoven Droven · Trad · Heilo / Grappa Musikkforlag
52. Lamia Yared & Ensemble Oraciones · Ottoman Splendours / Lumières Ottomanes · Analekta
53. Maher Cissoko · Cissoko Heritage · Ajabu!
54. Boubacar “Badian” Diabaté · Mande Guitar: African Guitar Series, Volume I · Lion Songs
55. Amélia Muge · Amélias · Uguru
56. Choduraa Tumat · Byzaanchy · PAN
57. Katerina Göttlichová · Zimnice · Indies Scope
58. V.A. · Cameroon Garage Funk · Analog Africa
59. Omar Péne · Climat · Contre-Jour
60. AySay · Su Akar · Nordic Notes

61. Dobranotch · Zay Freyleikh! · CPL-Music
62. Toumani Diabaté and The London Symphony Orchestra · Kôrôlén · World Circuit
63. Romengo & Mónika Lakatos · Folk Utca · FolkEurópa
64. Tamala · Lumba · Muziekpublique
65. Iberi · Supra · Naxos World Music
66. V.A. · Essiebons Special 1973-1984: Ghana Music Power House · Analog Africa
67. Juçara Marçal · Delta Estácio Blues · Mais Um
68. Combo Chimbita · Iré · Anti-
69. Maija Kauhanen · Menneet · Nordic Notes
70. V.A. · Alrededor de la Húmisha: La Música de los Conjuntos Típicos Amazónicos de Perú · Buh

71. Somi · Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba · Salon Africana
72. David Krakauer · Mazel Tov Cocktail Party · Label Bleu / Table Pounding
73. Efrén López, Christos Barbas · Atlas · Seyir Muzik
74. Madalitso Band · Musakayike · Les Disques Bongo Joe
75. Moktar Gania & Gnawa Soul · Gnawa Soul · MusjoMusic / Nuits d’Afrique
76. Matthieu Saglio Quartet & Guests · Live in San Javier 2021 · Pulpito Records
77. Joseph Tawadros · Hope in an Empty City · Joseph Tawadros
78. Júlio Resende · Fado Jazz · ACT
79. Sofía Rei · Umbral · Cascabelera
80. Ballaké Sissoko · Djourou · Nø Førmat!

81. Maga Bo · Amor (É Revolução) · Kaxambu
82. Ana Alcaide · Ritual · Ana Alcaide
83. Altın Gün · Âlem · Glitterbeat
84. Ben Aylon · Xalam · Riverboat / World Music Network
85. Master Musicians of Jajouka, Led by Bachir Attar · Dancing Under the Moon · Glitterbeat
86. Massilia Sound System · Sale Caractère · Manivette
87. The Good Ones · Rwanda… You See Ghosts, I See Sky · Six Degrees
88. V.A. · Folk and Great Tunes from Siberia and Far East · CPL-Music
89. Ali Doğan Gönültaş · Kiğı / Gexî / Kegui · Ali Doğan Gönültaş
90. Shanren · Shan Dao · Pollux

91. Bixiga 70 · Bixiga 70 · Glitterbeat
92. Dafné Kritharas · Varka · Lior Éditions
93. Sarah Aroeste · Monastir · Aroeste Music
94. Gabriel Akhmad Marin · Ruminate: Improvisations for Fretless Guitar and Dutar · Worlds Within Worlds
95. V.A. · Henna: Young Female Voices from Palestine · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
96. Şatellites ·‎ Şatellites · Batov
97. Coşkun Karademir, Tord Gustavsen, Derya Türkan, Ömer Arslan · Silence · Kalan
98. Leyla McCalla · Breaking the Thermometer · Anti-
99. Branka · Én Csépem / Moj Čip · Fonó
100. Australian Art Orchestra, Daniel Wilfred, David Wilfred, Sunny Kim, Peter Knight, Aviva Endean · Hand to Earth · AAO Recordings


BEST 20 LABELS

1. ARC Music
2. Glitterbeat Records
3. CPL-Music / Nordic Notes
4. Real World Records
5. Bendigedig
6. World Circuit
7. Six Degrees Records
8. Ponderosa Music & Art
9. World Music Network
10. Les Disques Bongo Joe
11. Accords Croisés
12. Chaco World Music
13. Lusafrica
14. Kirkelig Kulturverksted
15. Analog Africa
16. Mais Um
17. Grappa Musikkforlag
18. Visage Music
19. Buda Musique
20. Asphalt Tango

Founder members and administrators: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US)

Current active members: Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Ula Nowak (PL), Liana Cisneros (PE), Banning Eyre (US), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN/US), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP)

Note: the regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.

“Best of the Season” TWMC albums and labels are determined taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year.

Best of the 2020-2021 Season

BEST ALBUM
Ballaké Sissoko
· Djourou · Nø Førmat!

BEST LABEL
Buda Musique

BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Ballaké Sissoko · Djourou · Nø Førmat!

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
Antonis Antoniou
· Kkismettin · Ajabu!

BEST OF EUROPE
Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa / Warsaw Village Band
· Uwodzenie / Waterduction · Karrot Kommando

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Omar Sosa
· An East African Journey · Otá

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience
· To Know Without Knowing · Agogo

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC
Khusugtun
· Jangar · Buda Musique

BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Zanzibara 10: First Modern, Taarab Vibes from Mombasa & Tanga, 1970-1990 · Buda Musique

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Mateus Aleluia
· Olorum · Sesc

 

BEST 100 ALBUMS

1. Ballaké Sissoko · Djourou · Nø Førmat!
2. Afel Bocoum · Lindé · World Circuit
3. Antonis Antoniou · Kkismettin · Ajabu!
4. Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa / Warsaw Village Band · Uwodzenie / Waterduction · Karrot Kommando
5. Omar Sosa · An East African Journey · Otá
6. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (CGS) · Meridiana · Ponderosa Music
7. Mahsa Vahdat · Enlighten the Night · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
8. Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience · To Know Without Knowing · Agogo
9. Jupiter & Okwess · Na Kozonga · Zamora Label
10. Ammar 808 · Global Control / Invisible Invasion · Glitterbeat

11. Christine Salem · Mersi · Blue Fanal
12. Khusugtun · Jangar · Buda Musique
13. Bantu · Everybody Get Agenda · Soledad Productions
14. Hossein Alizadeh & Rembrandt Frerichs Trio · Same Self, Same Silence · Just Listen
15. San Salvador · La Grande Folie · La Grande Folie / Pagans / MDC
16. The Rheingans Sisters · Receiver · Bendigedig
17. V.A. · Zanzibara 10: First Modern, Taarab Vibes from Mombasa & Tanga, 1970-1990 · Buda Musique
18. Bab L’ Bluz · Nayda! · Real World
19. Femi Kuti & Made Kuti · Legacy + · Partisan
20. Harold López-Nussa · Te Lo Dije · Mack Avenue

21. Samba Touré · Binga · Glitterbeat
22. Toumani Diabaté and The London Symphony Orchestra · Kôrôlén · World Circuit
23. Oumou Sangaré · Acoustic · Nø Førmat!
24. David Walters, Vincent Ségal, Ballaké Sissoko, Roger Raspail · Nocturne · Heavenly Sweetness / Six Degrees
25. L’Alba · A Principiu · Buda Musique
26. Katerina Papadopoulou & Anastatica · Anástasis · Saphrane
27. Kronos Quartet · Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet & Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
28. Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre · As Catedrais Silenciadas · Músicas de Salitre
29. Ben Aylon · Xalam · Riverboat / World Music Network
30. Liraz · Zan · Glitterbeat

31. Balkan Taksim · Disko Telegraf · Buda Musique
32. L’Attirail · Footsteps in the Snow · CSB Production
33. A.G.A. Trio · Meeting · Naxos World
34. Ghalia Benali & Romina Lischka · Call to Prayer · Fuga Libera
35. Sandeep Das & The HUM Ensemble · Delhi to Damascus · In a Circle
36. Elida Almeida · Gerasonobu · Lusafrica
37. Mateus Aleluia · Olorum · Sesc
38. Luís Peixoto · Geodesia · Groove Punch Studios
39. Mariza · Mariza Canta Amália · Taberna da Música / Warner Music Portugal
40. Wowakin · Wiązanka · Baba Studio

41. Kasai Allstars · Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound · Crammed Discs
42. Urban Village · Udondolo · Nø Førmat!
43. Las Áñez · Reflexión · Las Áñez
44. Stella Chiweshe · Ambuya! · Piranha
45. Matthieu Saglio · El Camino de los Vientos · ACT Music
46. V.A. · Henna: Young Female Voices from Palestine · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
47. Dobet Gnahoré · Couleur · Cumbancha
48. Derya Türkan & Sokratis Sinopoulos · Soundplaces · Seyir Muzik
49. 47Soul · Semitics · Cooking Viny
50. Altın Gün · Yol · Glitterbeat

51. Selma Uamusse · Liwoningo · Ao Sul do Mundo
52. Atine · Persiennes d’Iran · Accords Croisés
53. Trio Tekke · Strovilos · Riverboat / World Music Network
54. Coreyah · Clap & Applause · Plankton Music
55. Sara Vidal · Matriz · Sons Vadios
56. Anansy Cissé · Anoura · Riverboat / World Music Network
57. Mehmet Polat · The Promise · Aftab
58. Hamdi Benani, Mehdi Haddab & Speed Caravan · Nuba Nova · Buda Musique
59. Sofia Labropoulou · Sisyphus · Odradek
60. Vusi Mahlasela · Shebeen Queen · ATO

61. Sakili · Creole Sounds from the Indian Ocean · ARC Music
62. Sväng · In Trad We Trust · Galileo Music Communication
63. Arsen Petrosyan · Hokin Janapar: Music Performed on Armenian Duduk · ARC Music
64. Djely Tapa · Barokan · Label 440 / Disques Nuits d’Afrique / DT Productions
65. Dagadana · Tobie · Agora Muzyka
66. Sofía Rei · Umbral · Cascabelera
67. Azmari · Samā’ī · Sdban Ultra
68. Las Lloronas · Soaked · Muziekpublique
69. Star Feminine Band · Star Feminine Band · Born Bad
70. Natacha Atlas · The Inner & the Outer · Wise Music Publishing

71. Les Mamans du Congo et Rrobin · Les Mamans du Congo et Rrobin · Jarring Effects
72. Kady Diarra · Burkina Hakili · Lamastrock
73. Danyèl Waro · Tinn Tout · Cobalt / Buda Musique
74. Tao Ravao & Vincent Bucher · Piment Bleu · Buda Musique
75. Comorian · We Are an Island, but We’re Not Alone · Glitterbeat
76. BraAgas · Bestiále · Indies Scope
77. Transglobal Underground · A Gathering of Strangers 2021 · Mule 20
78. Markus & Shahzad · Janna Aana · Dionysiac Records
79. La Banda Morisca · Gitana Mora · La Banda Morisca
80. Brader Mûsikî · Herim Kuda · Terp

81. Hallelujah Chicken Run Band · Take One (1974-79) · Analog Africa
82. Nation Beat · The Royal Chase · Nation Beat Music / Avokado Artists
83. Zedashe · Silver Sanctuary · Electric Cowbell
84. Eliseo Parra · Cantar y Batir · Dalamix
85. V.A. · Edo Funk Explosion vol. 1 · Analog Africa
86. Modeste Hugues & Kilema · Ala Maintso / Green World: Songs from Madagascar · ARC Music
87. Namgar · Nayan Navaa · ARC Music
88. Esma Redžepova and Nune Brothers · My Last Song: A Tribute to Macedonia’s Gypsy Queen · ARC Music
89. Luedji Luna · Bom Mesmo É Estar Debaixo d’Água · Luedji Luna
90. David Krakauer & Kathleen Tagg · Breath & Hammer · Table Pounding

91. Shiran · Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran · Batov
92. Gájanas · Čihkkojuvvon · Bafe’s Factory
93. Sidi Bemol · Chouf! · CSB Productions
94. Songhoy Blues · Optimisme · Transgressive / Fat Possum
95. Kajsa Balto · Buot Ealla · DAT
96. Nakany Kante · De Conakry a Barcelone · Kasba Music
97. Witch Camp (Ghana) · I’ve Forgotten Who I Used to Be · Six Degrees
98. Tania Saleh · 10 A.D. · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
99. Merema · Kezeren Koiht · CPL-Music
100. Ikoqwe · The Beginning, the Medium, the End & the Infinite · Crammed Discs

BEST 10 LABELS

1. Buda Musique
2. Glitterbeat Records
3. ARC Music
4. Nø Førmat!
5. World Circuit Records
6. Kirkelig Kulturverksted
7. World Music Network
8. Ajabu!
9. Six Degrees Records
10. Karrot Kommando

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Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)

Current active members: Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (BE), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Ankur Malhotra (IN), Alexis Herrería (MX), Rosângela Britto (BR), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), MadanRao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR)

Note: the regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.

“Best of the Season” TWMC albums and labels are determined taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year.

Best of the 2019-2020 Season*

BEST ALBUM
Aziza Brahim · Sahari · Glitterbeat

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
Aziza Brahim · Sahari · Glitterbeat

BEST OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Tamikrest · Tamotaït · Glitterbeat

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Lakou Mizik · HaitiaNola · Cumbancha

BEST OF EUROPE
Damir Imamović · Singer of Tales · Wrasse

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM
Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC
The Yandong Grand Singers · Everyone Listen Close / Wanp·Wanp Jangl Kap · Pan

BEST COMPILATION
V.A. · Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s · Les Disques Bongo Joe

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA
Lido Pimienta · Miss Colombia · Anti-

 

BEST 100 ALBUMS

1. Aziza Brahim · Sahari · Glitterbeat
2. Tamikrest · Tamotait · Glitterbeat
3. Lakou Mizik · HaitiaNola · Cumbancha
4. Aynur · Hedûr / Solace of Time · The Orchard / Dreyer & Gaido
5. Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou · Oulad Lghaba · Ajabu!
6. Damir Imamović · Singer of Tales · Wrasse
7. Sam Lee · Old Wow · Cooking Vinyl
8. Lina_Raül Refree · Lina_Raül Refree · Glitterbeat
9. Maria Mazzotta · Amoreamaro · Agualoca
10. Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Wu Fei & Abigail Washburn · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

11. Ballaké Sissoko & Baba Sissoko · Sissoko & Sissoko · Homerecords.be
12. Antibalas · Fu Chronicles · Daptone
13. Džambo Aguševi Orchestra · Brasses for the Masses · Asphalt Tango
14. Roberto Fonseca · Yesun · Mack Avenue
15. Petroloukas Halkias & Vasilis Kostas · The Soul of Epirus · Artway-Technotropon
16. The Garifuna Collective · Aban · Stonetree
17. Moonlight Benjamin · Siltane · Ma Case
18. Tinariwen · Amadjar · Anti- / Wedge / PIAS
19. Trio Tekke · Strovilos · Riverboat / World Music Network
20. Bab L’ Bluz · Nayda! · Real World

21. John Mclaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan, Zakir Hussain · Is that So? · Abstract Logix
22. Santrofi · Alewa · Outhere
23. Matthieu Saglio · El Camino de los Vientos · ACT Music
24. Mah Damba · Hakili Kélé · Buda Musique
25. Evritiki Zygia · Ormenion · Teranga Beat
26. Bamba Wassoulou Groove · Dankélé · Lusafrica
27. Habib Koité · Kharifa · Contre-Jour
28. Nelia Safaie · Songs from Lands of Silence · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
29. Danyèl Waro · Tinn Tout · Buda Musique
30. Quintet Bumbac · Miroirs · Collectif Çok Malko

31. Frigg · FriXX · Frigg
32. Naïssam Jalal · Om al Aagayeb · Les Couleurs du Son
33. Blato Zlato · In The Wake · Blato Zlato
34. Transglobal Underground · Walls Have Ears · Mule Satellite
35. Amsterdam Klezmer Band · Fortuna · Vetnasj
36. The Yandong Grand Singers · Everyone Listen Close / Wanp·Wanp Jangl Kap · Pan
37. Rachid Taha · Je Suis Africain · Naïve
38. Otava Yo · Do You Love · ARC Music
39. Les Amazones d’Afrique · Amazones Power · Real World
40. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela · Rejoice · World Circuit

41. La Banda Morisca · Gitana Mora · La Banda Morisca
42. Laurie Anderson, Tenzin Choegyal, Jesse Paris Smith · Songs from the Bardo · Smithsonian Folkways
43. Lamia Bèdioui & Solis Barki · Fin’Amor· LBedioui Music Production
44. Aditya Prakash Ensemble · Diaspora Kid · Ropeadope
45. Sinafi Trio · Iho · Kalan Müzik
46. Ghalia Benali & Romina Lischka · Call to Prayer · Fuga Libera
47. V.A. · Léve Léve: São Tomé & Príncipe Sounds 70s-80s · Les Disques Bongo Joe
48. V.A. · Kinshasa 1978 · Crammed Discs
49. Stratis Skarakis · Mono ti Nihta Thalassa · Aerakis
50. TootArd · Migrant Birds · Glitterbeat

51. Manhu · Voices of the Sani · Riverboat / World Music Network
52. Kayhan Kalhor, Rembrandt Frerichs, Tony Overwater, Vinsent Planjer · It’s Still Autumn · Kepera
53. Lajkó Félix & Vołosi · Lajkó Félix & Vołosi · Fonó
54. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party · Live at WOMAD 1985 · Real World
55. Groupe RTD · The Dancing Devils of Djibouti · Ostinato
56. Lankum · The Livelong Day · Rough Trade
57. Mamadou Kelly · Les Bateaux · Clermont Music
58. Orkesta Mendoza · Curandero · Glitterbeat
59. Tautumeitas · Dziesmas no Aulejas / Songs from Auleja · CPL-Music
60. Al Bilali Soudan · Tombouctou · Clermont Music

61. Zenobia · Halak Halak · Crammed Discs
62. Carla Pires · Cartografado · Ocarina Music
63. Majid Bekkas · Magic Spirit Quartet · ACT Music + Vision
64. Carmen Souza · The Silver Messengers · Galileo Music Communication
65. Hamid Sakhizada · Dai Raft · Lidio
66. Lido Pimienta · Miss Colombia · Anti-
67. Yorkston / Thorne / Khan · Navarasa: Nine Emotions · Domino Recording
68. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley · 11th Street, Sekondi · Agogo
69. Acid Arab · Jdid · Crammed Discs
70. Andrew Cronshaw · Zithers · Cloud Valley

71. Trad.Attack! · Make Your Move · Made in the Baltics
72. The Good Ones · Rwanda, You Should Be Loved · Anti-
73. Yukihiro Atsumi · Kachofugetsu · Nippon Note
74. Dona Onete · Rebujo · Mais Um / AmpliDiversão
75. Kefaya & Elaha Soroor · Songs of Our Mothers · Bella Union
76. Gwendoline Absalon · Vangasay · Ting Bang
77. Kiko Dinucci · Rastilho · Brasil Calling
78. Besh o droM · Besh o droM 20 · Fonó
79. Cimarrón · Orinoco · Cimarrón Music
80. Eneida Marta · Ibra · Ocarina Music / ALG Eventos

81. Tyva Kyzy · Ayalgalar—Melodies · Pan
82. Kiki Valera · Vivencias en Clave Cubana · Origin
83. Frank Yamma · Tjukurpa: The Story & The Kulila Project · Wantok Musik
84. Farafi · Calico Soul · Piranha
85. Shantel & Cümbüş Cemaat · Istanbul · Essay Recordings
86. Baba Zula · Derin Derin · Glitterbeat
87. Pekko Käppi · Finnish Folk Songs Vol. 1 · Helmi Levyt
88. Fra Fra · Funeral Songs · Glitterbeat
89. Seamus Egan · Early Bright · THL
90. Oumou Sangaré · Acoustic · Nø Førmat

91. Maria Monda · Maria Monda · Sons Vadios
92. Jako el Muzikante · Ven al Luna Park · Xurxo Fernandes
93. Oum · Daba · Lof Music / MDC
94. Mahsa Vahdat · Enlighten the Night · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
95. V.A. · Jola: Hidden Gnawa Music in Brussels · Muziekpublique
96. Marta Gómez · Una Ventana para Soñar · Aluna
97. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström · Mielo · Åkerö
98. Vedan Kolod · Wild Games · CPL-Music
99. V.A. · Pour Me a Grog: The Funaná Revolt in 1990s Cabo Verde · Ostinato
100. Tiganá Santana · Vida-Código · Ajabu!

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Founder members and administrators: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES)

Current Members: Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Takuya “Salam” Unagami (JP), Janaína Ávila (BR), Roger Short (UK), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), MadanRao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Alejandro López (ES),

Note: the regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.

* Our “Best of the Year” chart becomes “Best of the Season”. They’ll be announced in September every year from now on, taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year. As a transition period, last year’s best albums were determined taking into account a 10-month period (January 2019 to October 2019) and this year, charts between November 2019 and August 2020 are considered: also a 10-month period.

Best of 2019*

BEST ALBUM OF 2019
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba · Miri · Outhere

BEST OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 2019
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba · Miri · Outhere

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2019
Le Trio Joubran · The Long March · Cooking Vinyl

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM 2019
Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat · Placeless · Kirkelig Kulturverksted

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC 2019
Minyo Crusaders · Echoes of Japan · Mais Um

BEST OF EUROPE 2019
Mara Aranda · Sefarad en el Corazón de Turquía · Mara Aranda

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA 2019
Cimarrón · Orinoco · Cimarrón Music

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2019
Leyla McCalla · The Capitalist Blues · Jazz Village / PIAS

BEST COMPILATION 2019
V.A. · Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, guarachas, boléros et chansons jíbaras, 1940-1960 · Buda Musique

 

TWMC 2019 TOP 100

TWMC BEST OF 20191. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba · Miri · Outhere
2. Kronos Quartet, Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat · Placeless · Kirkelig Kulturverksted
3. Refugees for Refugees · Amina · Muziekpublique
4. Minyo Crusaders · Echoes of Japan · Mais Um
5. Mara Aranda · Sefarad en el Corazón de Turquía · Mara Aranda
6. Le Trio Joubran · The Long March · Cooking Vinyl
7. Urna Chahar-Tugchi featuring Kroke · Ser · Urna Chahar-Tugchi / UCT
8. AKA Trio · Joy · Bendigedig
9. Vardan Hovanissian & Emre Gültekin · Karin · Muziekpublique
10. Dhafer Youssef · Sounds of Mirrors · Anteprima

11. Angelique Kidjo · Celia · Verve / Universal Music France
12. Cimarrón · Orinoco · Cimarrón Music
13. Oratnitza · Alter Ethno · Fusion Embassy
14. The Gloaming · 3 · Real World
15. Janusz Prusinowski Kompania · Po śladach / In the footsteps · Słuchaj Uchem / Buda Musique
16. Salif Keita · Un Autre Blanc · Naïve
17. Alim Qasimov and Michel Godard · Awakening · Buda Musique
18. Altın Gün · Gece · Glitterbeat
19. Tartit · Amankor / The Exile · Riverboat / World Music Network
20. Kel Assouf · Black Tenere · Glitterbeat

21. Rodopi Ensemble · Thraki: Thrace, the Paths of Dionysus · ARC Music
22. Dona Onete · Rebujo · AmpliDiversão / Mais Um
23. Waed Bouhassoun · Safar: Les Âmes Retrouvées · Buda Musique
24. Belonoga · Through the Eyes of the Earth · NarRator
25. Ukandanz · Yeketelale · Buda Musique
26. Leyla McCalla · The Capitalist Blues · Jazz Village / PIAS
27. Las Hermanas Caronni · Santa Plástica · Les Grands Fleuves
28. Mísia · Pura Vida (Banda Sonora) · Galileo Music Communication
29. Söndörgö · Nyolc 8 Nyolc · SNDRG Music
30. Our Native Daughters · Songs of Our Native Daughters · Smithsonian Folkways

31. Afro Celt Sound System · Flight · ECC
32. Aziz Sahmaoui & University of Gnawa · Poetic Trance · PIAS
33. Oumar Konate · I Love You Inna · Clermont
34. Boban Marković Orkestar · Mrak · Fonó
35. Moonlight Benjamin · Siltane · Ma Case
36. Gaye Su Akyol · İstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir · Glitterbeat
37. Black Flower · Future Flora · Sdban Ultra
38. Dizzy Mandjeku & Alé Kumá · De Palenque à Matongé · Zephyrus
39. Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martínez · Duologue · Mack Avenue
40. Lajkó Félix & Vołosi · Lajkó Félix & Vołosi · Fonó

41. Debashish Bhattacharya, Hubert Zemler & Wojtek Traczyk · Joy!Guru · Unzipped Fly
42. Kanazoé Orkestra · Tolonso · Buda Musique
43. Gaiteiros de Lisboa · Bestiário · Uguru
44. Park Jiha · Philos · Tak:Til / Glitterbeat
45. Dobranotch · Merčedes Kolo · CPL-Music
46. Shooglenifty & Dhun Dhora · Written in Water · Shoogle
47. Ali Hassan Kuban · From Nubia to Cairo · Piranha
48. Hama Sankare · Niafunke · Clermont Music
49. Xiomara Fortuna · Son Verdad · Ileakwa Producciones
50. Ifriqiyya Électrique · Laylat el Booree · Glitterbeat

51. Manou Gallo · Afro Groove Queen · Contre-Jour
52. Tuuletar · Rajatila / Borderline · Bafe’s Factory
53. Bokanté + Metropole Orkest · What Heat · Real World
54. Zulya · Six Days Loving / Alty Tön Yaratu · Zulya Kamalova
55. Africa Express · Egoli · Africa Express
56. Olcay Bayır · Rüya: Dream for Anatolia · ARC Music
57. SANS · Kulku · Cloud Valley
58. Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi · There Is No Other · Nonesuch
59. Damily · Valimbilo · Les Disques Bongo Joe
60. Equus · Tailwind Home · Equus

61. Coşkun Karademir Quartet · Öz / Essence · Kalan
62. Dhoad Gypsies of Rajasthan · Times of Maharajas · ARC Music
63. Kitka · Evening Star · Diaphonica
64. Yapunto · Yapunto · Yapunto
65. Santana · Africa Speaks · Concord
66. Kelly Thoma · Ama Kopasoun oi Kairoi (As the Winds Die Down) · Kelly Thoma
67. Adir Jan · Layla · Trikont / BGST
68. The Garifuna Collective · Aban · Stonetree
69. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko · Traversées · Ma Case
70. Le Vent du Nord · Territoires · Borealis

71. Vigüela · A Tiempo Real · ARC Music
72. Idan Raichel · And if You Will Come to Me · Cumbancha
73. Tinariwen · Amadjar · Anti- / Wedge / PIAS
74. Danças Ocultas · Dentro desse Mar · Danças Ocultas
75. Áššu · Áššu · Bafe’s Factory
76. V.A. · Nostalgique Porto Rico: Plenas, guarachas, boléros et chansons jíbaras, 1940-1960 · Buda Musique
77. Yolla Khalife · On the Road · Nagam
78. Yann Fañch Kemener · Roudennoù / Traces · Buda Musique
79. Voces del Bullerengue · Anónimas & Resilientes · Chaco World Music
80. Oum · Daba · Lof Music / MDC

81. Rachele Andrioli e Rocco Nigro · Maletiempu · Dodicilune
82. Arifa · Secret Poetry · Mundus Productions
83. Umut Adan · Bahar · Riverboat / World Music Network
84. Mimmo Epifani · Putiferio · Finisterre
85. Vassvik · Gákti · Heilo / Grappa Musikkforlag
86. Moulay Ahmed El Hassani · Atlas Electric · Hive Mind
87. Abdesselam Damoussi and Nour Eddine · Jedba: Spiritual Music from Morocco · ARC Music
88. Parno Graszt · Már Nem Szédülök / Rolling Back · Fonó
89. Massa Dembele · Alumaye · Izniz
90. Kayhan Kalhor, Rembrandt Frerichs, Tony Overwater, Vinsent Planjer · It’s Still Autumn · Kepera

91. Amira Kheir · Mystic Dance · Sterns Music
92. Tautumeitas · Tautumeitas · CPL-Music
93. Lemma · Lemma · Buda Musique
94. Hope Masike · The Exorcism of a Spinster · Riverboat / World Music Network
95. Tristan Driessens · A Folk Dancer’s Journey · Seyir Muzik
96. Mary Ann Kennedy · Glaschu: Hometown Love Song · ARC Music
97. Duo Bottasso & Simon Sims Longo · Biserta e Altre Storie · Visage Music
98. Kaumaakonga · Taoba · Wantok Music
99. Bixiga 70 · Quebra Cabeça · Glitterbeat
100. Kongo Dia Ntotila · 360° · Pussyfoot

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Current Members: Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES)

Note: the regions of the world for the Transglobal World Music Chart are defined according to this document.

* Our “Best of the Year” chart will become “Best of the Season” next year and it’ll be announced in September, taking into account the monthly charts between September of the previous year and August of the current year. As a transition period, this year’s best album chart comprise a 10-month period (January 2019 to October 2029) and next year it’ll include the charts between November 2019 and August 2020, also a 10-month period.

Best of 2018

BEST ALBUM OF 2018
Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2018
Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM 2018
Catrin Finch & Seckou KeitaSoar – Bendigedig

BEST OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 2018
Fatoumata DiawaraFenfo – Montuno / Shanachie / Wagram

BEST OF EUROPE 2018
El NaánLa Danza de las Semillas – El Naán

BEST OF ASIA (CENTRAL & EAST) & PACIFIC 2018
Anandi BhattacharyaJoys Abound – Riverboat / World Music Network

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2018
Grupo Mono Blanco¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz – Smithsonian Folkways

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA 2018
Son Palenque Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque

BEST COMPILATION 2018
V.A. – Chikhates & Chioukhs de l’Aïta: Anthologie – Atlas Azawan

TWMC 2018 TOP 100

TWMC BEST OF 20181. Monsieur DoumaniAngathin – Monsieur Doumani
2. Catrin Finch & Seckou KeitaSoar – Bendigedig
3. Fatoumata DiawaraFenfo – Montuno / Shanachie / Wagram
4. El NaánLa Danza de las Semillas – El Naán
5. Ammar 808Maghreb United – Glitterbeat
6. Gabacho MarocTawassol – 10h10 / Cristal
7. The TurbansThe Turbans – Six Degrees
8. SANS – Kulku – Cloud Valley
9. Vigüela A Tiempo Real – ARC Music
10. Samba TouréWande – Glitterbeat

11. Boubacar TraoréDounia Tabolo – Lusafrica
12. 3MA: Ballaké Sissoko, Driss El Maloumi, Rajery – Anarouz – Six Degrees
13. Toko TeloDiavola – Anio
14. Koum TaraKoum Tara – Odradek
15. TootArdLaissez Passer – Glitterbeat
16. Dobet GnahoréMiziki – LA Café
17. Nancy VieiraManhã Florida – Lusafrica
18. Djénéba & FouscoKayeba Khasso – Lusafrica
19. Samurai AccordionTe – Visage Music
20. Shadi Fathi & Bijan ChemiraniDelâshena – Buda Musique

21. Anandi BhattacharyaJoys Abound – Riverboat / World Music Network
22. Arat Kilo, Mamani Keïta, Mike LaddVisions of Selam – Accords Croisés
23. Seun Kuti & Egypt 80Black Times – Srtrut
24. Grupo Mono Blanco¡Fandango! Sones Jarochos de Veracruz – Smithsonian Folkways
25. Son Palenque Kutu Prieta pa Saranguiá – Palenque
26. BombinoDeran – Partisan
27. Amsterdam Klezmer Band & SöndörgőSzikra – Vetnasj
28. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan ChemiraniTaos – Buda Musique
29. Júlio PereiraPraça do Comércio – Tradisom
30. Maya YoussefSyrian Dreams – Harmonia Mundi

31. SoljuOđđa Áigodat – Bafe’s Factory
32. Malagasy Guitar MastersVolo Hazo – Buda Musique
33. Baul Meets SazNamaz – Seyir Muzik
34. Elena LeddaLàntias – S’Ard Music
35. Sara TavaresFitxadu – Sony Music Portugal
36. Bixiga 70Quebra-Cabeça – Glitterbeat
37. Gaye Su Akyolİstikrarlı Hayal Hakikattir – Glitterbeat
38. Angelique KidjoRemain in Light – Kravenworks
39. Femi KutiOne People One World – Knitting Factory
40. MinyeshuDaa Dee – ARC Music

41. Hermeto PascoalHermeto Pascoal e sua Visão Original do Forró – Scubidu
42. Gaiteiros de LisboaA História – Uguru
43. Saz’isoAt Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat
44. Omar Sosa & NDR BigbandEs:Sensual – Otá
45. Kapela MaliszówWiejski Dżez – Unzipped Fly
46. BKOMali Foli Coura – Buda Musique
47. Chancha Vía CircuitoBienaventuranza – Wonderwheel
48. Okra PlaygroundÄäneni Yli Vesien – Nordic Notes
49. Eva Salina & Peter StanSudbina: A portrait of Vida Pavlović – Vogiton
50. Marta GómezLa Alegría y el Canto – Aluna

51. Sonido Gallo NegroMambo Cósmico – Glitterbeat
52. Trio Da Kali and Kronos QuartetLadilikan – World Circuit
53. Gili YaloGili Yalo – Dead Sea
54. Bokanté + Metropole OrkestWhat Heat – Real World
55. Anouar Brahem Blue Maqams – ECM
56. Rahim AlHaj TrioOne Sky – Smithsonian Folkways
57. Invisible SystemBamako Sessions – Riverboat / World Music Network
58. Afro Celt Sound SystemFlight – ECC Records
59. Eliades Ochoa & Alejandro AlmenaresDos Gigantes de la Música Cubana Tumi
60. Sopa de PedraAo Longe Já Se Ouvia – Sopa de Pedra

61. 47SoulBalfron Promise – Cooking Vinyl
62. Dur-Dur BandDur-Dur of Somalia: Volume 1, Volume 2 & Previously Unreleased Tracks – Analog Africa
63. Don KipperSeven Sisters – Riverboat / World Music Network
64. WoWaKinKraj za Miastem – WoWaKin
65. Yossi Fine & Ben AylonBlue Desert – Blue Desert
66. DamilyValimbilo – Les Disques Bongo Joe
67. Yiddish GloryThe Lost Songs of World War II – Six Degrees
68. V.A. – Chikhates & Chioukhs de l’Aïta: Anthologie – Atlas Azawan
69. Riccardo Tesi & BanditalianaArgento – Visage
70. Red BaraatSound the People – Rhyme & Reason

71. Doctor NativoGuatemaya – Stonetree
72. Stella ChiwesheKasahwa: Early Singles – Glitterbeat
73. Goran BregovićThree Letters from Sarajevo, Opus 1 – Decca / Wrasse
74. Small Island Big SongSmall Island Big Song – Small Island Big Song
75. IndialuciaAcatao – CM
76. Canzoniere Grecanico SalentinoCanzoniere – Ponderosa Music
77. Brenda NavarreteMi Mundo – Alma
78. Cemîl Qoçgîrî & Manuel LohnesBêdawîtî – Ahenk Müzik
79. Cimbalom BrothersTestvériség / Brotherhood – Fonó Budai Zeneház
80. Ross Daly & Kelly ThomaLunar – Labyrinth

81. V.A. – Listen All Around: The Golden Age of Central & East African Music – Dust-to-Digital
82. Moonlight BenjaminSiltane – Ma Case
83. Orquesta AkokánOrquesta Akokán – Daptone
84. Park JihaCommunion – tak:til / Glitterbeat
85. Enza Pagliara & Dario MuciMarea – Nauna Cantieri Musicali
86. SvängSväng Plays Tango – Galileo Music
87. V.A. – I’m Not Here to Hunt Rabbits – Piranha
88. Mercedes PeónDéixaas – Mercedes Peón / Altafonte
89. Opium MoonOpium Moon – Be Why Music
90. Mehmet PolatAgeless Garden – Aftab

91. Amélia Muge & Michales LoukovikasArchipelagos-Passagens – AM-ML
92. OkonkoloCantos – Big Crown
93. Toto Bona LokuaBondeko – Nø Førmat!
94. Barcelona Gipsy balKan OrchestraAvo Kanto – Satélite K
95. Bao Sissoko, Mola Sylla & Wouter VandenabeeleTamala – Muziekpublique
96. Catarina dos SantosRádio Kriola – ARC Music
97. Guy One#1 – Philophon
98. Saeid ShanbehzadehPour-Afrigha – Buda Musique
99. BriganRua San Giacomo – Marocco Music
100. DirtmusicBu Bir Ruya – Glitterbeat

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Founder members and administrators: Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES)

Current Members: Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kuğay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI), Luisa Piñeros (CO), Toni Pennacchia (US), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Chen Hanzi (CN), Seth Jordan (AU)

Best of 2017

BEST ALBUM OF 2017
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit

BEST TRANSREGIONAL ALBUM 2017
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit

BEST OF SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 2017
Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit

BEST OF NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 2017
Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat

BEST OF EUROPE 2017
Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda

BEST OF NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 2017
Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood

BEST OF SOUTH AMERICA 2017
Magín Díaz – El Orisha de la Rosa – Noname

BEST OF OCEANIA 2017
George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik

BEST OF CENTRAL & EAST ASIA 2017
V.A. – Une Anthologie du Khöömii Mongol – Routes Nomades / Buda Musique

BEST COMPILATION 2017
V.A. – The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques Ocora and Collection Prophet – Sublime Frequencies

TWMC 2017 TOP 100TWMC BEST OF 2017

1. Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Ladilikan – World Circuit
2. Orchestra Baobab – Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng – World Circuit
3. Oumou Sangaré – Mogoya – Nø Førmat!
4. Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita – Transparent Water – Otá / World Village
5. Bonga – Recados de Fora – Lusafrica
6. Bargou 08 – Targ – Glitterbeat
7. Toko Telo – Toy Raha Toy – Anio
8. Danyèl Waro – Monmon – Cobalt / Buda Musique
9. Mara Aranda – Sefarad en el Corazón de Marruecos – Mara Aranda
10. Cemîl Qoçgîrî – Zalâl – Ahenk Müzik

11. Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía – Brownswood
12. Sabîl – Zabad, l’Écume des Nuits / Zabad, Twilight Tide – Harmonia Mundi
13. Mokoomba – Luyando – Outhere
14. Amira Medunjanin – Damar – World Village
15. Magín Díaz – El Orisha de la Rosa – Noname
16. Jupiter & Okwess – Kin Sonic – Zamora / Glitterbeat
17. Yasmine Hamdan – Al Jamilat – Crammed Discs
18. Tamikrest – Kidal – Glitterbeat
19. Bokanté – Strange Circles – GroundUp
20. L’Orchestre Afrisa International – Melanie – Colomotion

21. Aurelio – Darandi – Real World
22. Dimitris Mystakidis – Amerika – Fishbowl
23. Lo’Jo – Fonetiq Flowers – World Village
24. Tinariwen – Elwan – Wedge
25. Voxtra – The Encounter of Vocal Heritage – Muziekpublique
26. Les Amazones d’Afrique – République Amazone – Real World
27. Vieux Farka Touré – Samba – Six Degrees
28. Roberto Fonseca – ABUC – Impulse!
29. Frigg – Frost on Fiddles – Frigg
30. Rahim Alhaj – Letters from Iraq – Smithsonian Folkways

31. Saeid Shanbehzadeh – Pour-Afrigha – Buda Musique
32. Amine & Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders – Fertile Paradoxes – ARC Music
33. Saz’iso – At Least Wave Your Handkerchief at Me: The Joys and Sorrows of Southern Albanian Song – Glitterbeat
34. Ifriqiyya Électrique – Rûwâhîne – Glitterbeat
35. Gaye Su Akyol – Hologram İmparatorluğu – Glitterbeat
36. Kanazoé Orkestra – Miriya – Buda Musique
37. Dhafer Youssef – Diwan of Beauty and Odd – Okeh
38. Meïkhaneh – La Silencieuse – Buda Musique
39. Noura Mint Seymali – Arbina – Glitterbeat
40. Mariem Hassan – La Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra

41. Ghalia Benali & Mâäk – MwSoul – W.E.R.F
42. Lila Downs – Salón, Lagrimas y Deseo – Sony
43. The Klezmatics – Apikorsim / Heretics – World Village
44. Trio Tekke & Dave De Rose – Zivo – Trio Tekke
45. Songhoy Blues – Résistance – Transgressive / Fat Possum
46. Serendou – Zinder – Hirustica
47. Omar Faruk Tekbilek – Love Is my Religion – Alif
48. George Telek, David Bridie & Musicians of the Gunantuna – A Bit Na Ta – Wantok Musik
49. Tribalistas – Tribalistas – Phonomotor
50. Abou Diarra – Koya – Mix et Métisse

51. Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé – Éthiopiques 30: Mistakes on Purpose – Buda Musique
52. Elida Almeida – Djunta Kudjer – Lusafrica
53. Black Flower – Artifacts – Sdban Ultra
54. Trad.Attack! – Kullakarva / Shimmer Gold – Trad.Attack! Music
55. The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc – Deliverance – The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc
56. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Canzoniere – Ponderosa Music
57. Frank London – Glass House Orchestra: Astro-Hungarian Jewish Music – Piranha
58. King Ayisoba – 1000 Can Die – Glitterbeat
59. Kazut de Tyr – Jorjuna – Hirustica
60. Baba Zula – XX – Glitterbeat

61. Kefaya – Radio International – Radio International
62. Quantic & Nidia Góngora – Curao – Tru Thoughts
63. Tony Allen – The Source – Blue Note
64. Katarína Máliková – Pustvopol – Slnko
65. Gwyneth Glyn – Tro – Bendigedig
66. Griselda Sanderson & Ricardo de Noronha – Veer – Waulk
67. Dona Onete – Banzeiro – Mais Um Discos
68. Çiğdem Aslan – A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango
69. Melech Mechaya – Aurora – Felmay
70. V.A. – The Photographs of Charles Duvelle: Disques Ocora and Collection Prophet – Sublime Frequencies

71. Martha Mavroidi – I Klosti kai to Veloni / Thread and Needle – Violins Productions
72. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway – Nonesuch
73. Boubacar Traoré – Dounia Tabolo – Lusafrica
74. The Nile Project – Jinja – Zambaleta
75. Ethio Stars | Tukul Band featuring Mulatu Astatke – Addis 1988 – Piranha
76. Carmen Souza – Creology – Galileo Music
77. V.A. – Zaire 74: The African Artists – Wrasse
78. Maria Kalaniemi & Eero Grundström – Svalan – Åkerö
79. Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano – Heritage – Qwest
80. Monoswezi – A Je – Riverboat

81. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko – Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case
82. Moh! Kouyaté – Fe Koti – Foli Son Production
83. Lula Pena – Archivo Pittoresco – Crammed Discs
84. Ulaş Özdemir – Traces of Âşik – Buda Musique
85. Anouar Brahem – Blue Maqams – ECM
86. Makan Badjé Tounkara – Daba – Buda Musique
87. Khalid Kouhen & Marylène Ingremeau – Sillage – Ouï-Dire / UVM
88. V.A. – Une Anthologie du Khöömii Mongol – Routes Nomades / Buda Musique
89. Rafiki Jazz – Har Dam Sahara – Riverboat
90. Zampogneria – Fiumerapido – Finisterre

91. Alsarah & The Nubatones – Manara – Wonderwheel
92. V.A. – Abatwa (The Pygmy): Why Did We Stop Growing Tall? – Glitterbeat
93. Emel – Ensen – Partisan
94. Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna – Rey Loj – Petit Indie
95. Piccola Orchestra Gagarin – Vostok – Whatabout Music
96. Tété Alhinho – Mornas ao Piano – Trem Azul
97. Efrén López, Stelios Petrakis, Bijan Chemirani – Taos – Buda Musique
98. Baraka Moon – Wind Horse – Baraka Moon
99. Hamilton de Holanda Quinteto – Casa de Bituca: The Music of Milton Nascimento – Biscoito Fino
100. Young Iranian Female Voices – Songs in the Mist – Kirkelig Kulturverksted

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Current members of the TWMC panel: Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR), Daryana Antipova (RU), Mika Kauhanen (FI).

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Best of 2016 Chart

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  1. Refugees for RefugeesAmerli – Muziekpublique
  2. Bixiga 70III – Glitterbeat Records
  3. Aziza Brahim Abbar el Hamada – Glitterbeat Records
  4. Noura Mint SeymaliArbina – Glitterbeat Records
  5. Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko Jardins Migrateurs – Ma Case
  6. Rokia Traoré Né So – Nonesuch Records
  7. Elza SoaresThe Woman at the End of the World / A Mulher do Fim do Mundo – Mais Um Discos
  8. Yo-Yo Ma & Silk Road EnsembleSing Me Home – Sony Masterworks
  9. Kayhan Kalhor, Aynur, Cemîl Qoçgirî & Salman GambarovHawniyaz – Harmonia Mundi
  10. Bonga Recados de Fora – Lusafrica
  11. Harold López-NussaEl Viaje – Mack Avenue Records
  12. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent SegalMusique de Nuit – Nø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
  13. Kristi Stassinopoulou & Stathis KalyviotisNyn – Riverboat Records
  14. Ana AlcaideLeyenda – ARC Music
  15. Sam Lee & FriendsThe Fade in Time – The Nest Collective
  16. Richard Bona & Mandekan CubanoHeritage – Qwest Records
  17. Lakou MizikWa Di Yo – Cumbancha
  18. BombinoAzel – Partisan Records
  19. The Gloaming2 – Real World Records
  20. Las Hermanas CaronniNavega Mundos – Les Grands Fleuves
  21. Calypso RoseFar from Home – Because Music
  22. Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan ExpressJunun – Nonesuch Records
  23. SidestepperSupenatural Love – Real World Records
  24. Fanfare Ciocărlia20 – Asphalt Tango Records
  25. Kepa Junkera & SorginakMaletak – Fol Música
  26. Roberto FonsecaABUC – Impulse!
  27. La Banda MoriscaAlgarabya – Fol Música
  28. Leyla McCallaA Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey – Jazz Village
  29. Jean-Guihen Queyras, Bijan Chemirani, Keyvan Chemirani & Sokratis SinopoulosThrace: Sunday Morning Sessions – Harmonia Mundi
  30. Anoushka ShankarLand of Gold – Deutsche Grammophon
  31. BitoriLegend of Funaná: The Forbidden Music of the Cape Verde Islands – Analog Africa
  32. Khmer Rouge SurvivorsThey Will Kill You, if You Cry – Glitterbeat Records
  33. 2016: Afro Celt Sound SystemThe Source – ECC Record
  34. MabiisiMabiisi – Akwaaba Music
  35. Mariem HassanLa Voz Indómita (del Sáhara Occidental) – Nubenegra
  36. Quintet BumbacLibre Voyage dans les Musiques des Balkans – Collectif Çok Malko
  37. VigüelaTemperamento – ARC Music
  38. DagaDanaMeridian 68 – Karrot Kommando
  39. Baaba MaalThe Traveller – Marathon Artists / Palm Recordings
  40. Alsarah & The NubatonesManara – Wonderwheel Recordings
  41. Sociedade RecreativaSociedade Recreativa – La Chaudière Production / Jarring Effects
  42. TuuletarTules Maas Vedes Taivaal – Bafe’s Factory
  43. LuraHerança – Lusafrica
  44. Zulya and the Children of the UndergroundOn Love and Science – Zulya and the Children of the Underground
  45. TangaMadagascar: Le Trésor des Ancêtres – Buda Musique
  46. Mahsa VahdatA Cappella: The sun will rise – Kirkelig Kulturverksted
  47. Çiğdem Aslan A Thousand Cranes – Asphalt Tango Records
  48. L’AttirailLa Route Interieure – Les Chantiers Sonores
  49. Karsh KaleUp – Six Degrees Records
  50. Kreiz Breizh Akademi5ed Round – Innacor

Current members of the TWMC panel: Araceli Tzigane (ES), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Ángel Romero (US), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T S Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO/US), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR), Robert Gregor (SK), Ponxo Taifa Ángeles (MX), Yatrika Shah-Rais (IR/US), Armen Manukyan (AM), Rolf Beydemüller (DE), François Bensignor (FR), Sergey Maiboroda (KZ), Cecilia Aguirre (AR/DE), Husniddin Ato (UZ), Eleni Ziliaskopoulou (GR), Marija Vitas (RS), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Enrique Blanc (MX), Tiago Lucas Garcia (BR), Zekeriya S. Şen (TR), Benjamín Muñiz (PR).

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Best of 2015 Chart

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  1. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni BaBa PowerGlitterbeat Records
  2. Sam Lee & FriendsThe Fade in TimeThe Nest Collective
  3. Bixiga 70IIIGlitterbeat Records
  4. Monsieur DoumaniSikosesMonsieur Doumani
  5. Canzoniere Grecanico SalentinoQuarantaPonderosa Music & Art
  6. Lila DownsBalas y ChocolateSony Music
  7. Ludovico EinaudiTaranta ProjectPonderosa Music & Art
  8. Efrén López – El Fill del LlopBuda Musique
  9. Cheikh Lô BalbalouChapter Two Records
  10. Songhoy Blues Music in ExileTransgressive Records
  11. Totó la MomposinaTamboleroReal World Records
  12. Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal Musique de NuitNø Førmat! / Six Degrees Records
  13. LuraHerançaLusafrica
  14. BKO Quintet Bamako TodayBuda Musique
  15. Kapela Maliszów Mazurki NiepojęteKarrot Kommando
  16. Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area Band Pat Thomas and Kwashibu Area BandStrut Records
  17. Kandia Kouyaté RenascenceSterns Music
  18. Taraf de Haïdouks Of Lovers, Gamblers and Parachute SkirtsCrammed Discs
  19. Buena Vista Social ClubLost and FoundWorld Circuit
  20. Kardeş Türküler KerwanêNetwork Medien / Membran / Kalan Müzik
  21. TerakaftAloneOuthere Records
  22. Tiganá SantanaTempo & MagmaAjabu!
  23. Kelly Thoma 7 FishKelly Thoma
  24. El NaánCódigo de BarrosARC Music
  25. Mbongwana Star From KinshasaWorld Circuit
  26. Dizu Plaatjies and Friends Ubuntu-The Common StringMountain Records
  27. Amadou BalakéIn ConclusionSterns Music
  28. Youssou N’Dour et le Super Étoile de DakarFatteliku (Live in Athens 1987)Real World Records
  29. Carles Dénia i La Nova RimaireL’Home InsomneComboi Records
  30. Griselda SandersonRadialWaulk Records
  31. Souad Massi – El MutakallimûnWrasse Records
  32. Samba TouréGandadiko Glitterbeat Records
  33. Le Vent Du Nord TêtuBorealis Records
  34. Vieux Farka Touré & Julia EasterlinTouristesSix Degrees Records
  35. Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto FonsecaAt HomeJazz Village / Harmonia Mundi
  36. Anouar BrahemSouvenanceECM Records
  37. Daby Touré AmonafiCumbancha
  38. Titi Robin avec Mehdi Nassouli TaziriWorld Village / Harmonia Mundi
  39. Blick Bassy AköNø Førmat!
  40. The Souljazz Orchestra ResistanceStrut Records
  41. St GermainSt GermainNonesuch Records
  42. Anoushka Shankar HomeDeutsche Grammophon
  43. Seckou Keita22 StringsARC Music
  44. Officina ZoèMamma SirenaAnima Mundi
  45. Te Vaka AmatagaWarm Earth Records
  46. Lamia Bedioui & The Desert FishAthamraLamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish
  47. Den Sorte SkoleIndians & CowboysDen Sorte Skole
  48. BoloBoloBolo Music
  49. Čači Vorba ŠatrikaOriente Musik
  50. Mahsa VahdatTraces of an Old VineyardKirkelig Kulturverksted

Members of the TWMC panel (Best of 2015 vote): Ángel Romero (US), Juan Antonio Vázquez (ES), Araceli Tzigane (ES), Seth Jordan (AU), Tony Hillier (AU), Charlie Crooijmans (NL), Patrik Lindgren (SE), Nigel Wood (IE), Dore Stein (US), Roger Holdsworth (AU), Madan Rao (IN), Gil Medovoy (US), Chris Heim (US), Ciro De Rosa (IT), Scott Stevens (US), Hendrick T.S. Foh (MY), Cliff Furnald (US), Jaïr Tchong (NL), Rob Weisberg (US), Toni Polo (FR/ES), Nicolás Falcoff (AR), Masakazu Kitanaka (JP), Jordi Demésenllà (ES), Rafael Mieses (DO), Luís Rei (PT), Jean Trouillet (DE), Evangeline Kim (US), Willi Klopottek (LU/DE), Betto Arcos (MX/US), Thorsten Bednarz (DE), Alejandro López (ES), Jon Kertzer (US), Ken Stowar (CA), Jiří Moravčík (CZ), Ian Anderson (GB), Mu Qian (CN), Carlos Ferreira (PT), Dubi Lenz (IL), Anna Rzhevina (RU), Gil Rouvio (IL), Bouna Ndiaye (SN), João Flávio Lima (BR), Kutay Derin Kugay (TR)